Not only the famous Lavra and St. Sophia Cathedral can be visited on an excursion to Kiev. The Aviation Museum, whose exhibits are not mock-ups, but real planes and helicopters, is also of great interest. Its creators carefully restored rare items of aircraft that cut through the heavenly expanses for many decades.
How to create a museum
Kiev has a lot to offer its guests. The Aviation Museum, opened in 2003, has taken its rightful place among the most popular places.
Here, older people can literally touch their history, and young people can see what their grandfathers and fathers flew on. They created a museum on the territory of the training aerodrome, which is gradually becoming unusable due to the cessation of its activity. On the runways overgrown with weeds, unique rusted, now rare, and once the pride of the country ILa, MIGi, ANy. A significant date was approaching - World Aviation Day. On its eve, the administration of the capital had an idea to create something grandiose that Kiev could be proud of. The Aviation Museum was the perfect solution. The airfield was put in order, and the existing flying units were restored.
Exhibits
At first, the exposition had only 30 exhibits. But unique devices, on which no one had flown, were kept at many airfields of the country.
Currently, there are about 70 units of aircraft and helicopters, there are many unmanned vehicles, weapons, engines, there is a virtual exposition. Among them are prototypes of such leading design bureaus as Tupolev, Yakovleva, Antonov, Mil, Ilyushin and others. Many planes and helicopters are in working condition. They can not only be seen, but also climb into the cabs, sit at the helm. From the windows of the cabins a wonderful view of the operating airport in Zhulyany, literally a stone's throw away, opens. For those who fly to
Kiev, the Aviation
Museum is the first attraction that guests see from the
windows of the aircraft. The museum is open year round.
Museum events
The museum is not only famous for its unique exposition. Themed exhibitions and festivals are held here. So, there was an exhibition of equipment that serves airfields now and which was before.
Also, the museum held festivals of small aircraft and rare aircrafts with the participation of the British, who delivered their curious copies to Kiev. The Aviation Museum, which all residents of the capital know how to get to, is open for visitors from Wednesday to Sunday from 10-00 to 19-00 from April to November, and after, from 10-00 to 17-00 from December to March inclusive. Address: 1. Medovaya street. This is the last
stop of bus number 220. You can also get on minibus 213 and trolley bus number 22, stopping at metro stations Petrovka, Shulyavka, Dorogozhichi, minibus 302 from the metro stop Kontraktovaya Ploshchad ", Minibuses 169 and 368 from the train. station, and minibus 69 from the metro station "Palace of Sports".
Ticket price
The Aviation Museum, Kiev, is always glad to its guests. How to get there, it’s easy to understand. The museum management conducts a flexible pricing policy so that different segments of the population can visit exhibitions and expositions. For convenience, prices are shown in tabular form.
Cost of services at the Museum of Aviation| name | price (hryvnia) |
| entrance for adults | thirty |
| entrance for students | 20 |
| for seniors and schoolchildren | 10 |
| in the cockpit to sit at the helm | 5 |
| photographing | 10 |
| video shooting | 40 |
| guided tour | 150 |
| foreign language guide | 320 |
There is an extensive category of citizens for whom all services are free. These are veterans of war and labor, preschoolers, Chernobyl victims, members of large families, disabled people of the 1st and 2nd groups.